Garlin conner and well have more on his story later in the show. But lets begin with the politics lead. What the president is calling a tremendous victory in a, quote, moment of profound vindication and what his critics are calling bigotry and unamerican and cruel. The Supreme Court in a 54 decision upholding President Trumps third version of his travel ban. That ban started during the campaign as a blanket ban on all muslims entering the u. S. Just a proposal. The first actual ban after he took office was an executive action which halted visas for individuals traveling from seven majority muslim countries and wreaked havoc at the nations airports as you might recall. That issue and order was stayed by the courts and then the Legal Process began of course. This third version which the highest court in the land today ruled constitutional restricts ebtsry into the u. S. From five majority muslim countries and also those from venezuela and north korea. They ruled the president has broad p
Barred from entering the u. S. This version of the travel ban, this third attempt, is much narrower but one of the key issues for the justices to decide, whether or not trumps initial calls for a quote unquote muslim ban was really at the heart of this led legislation. Back to december 2015. Donald j. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the United States until our countrys representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. You have no choice. We have no choice. Lets go straight to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. Jim, this decision, of course, comes just as the white house and congress are working on immigration policy regarding our southern border. Right. How might this affect the president . Well, hes feeling vindicated, brooke, on the travel ban so that obviously is making him feel embolden about taking the hardline stance on immigration, despite what the Supreme Court justices said while the chief justice said that this proc
of a sick passenger. the hepatitis scare in charlotte, north carolina. health officials warning up to 4,000 customers at a hardee s restaurant near charlotte-douglas airport may be at risk for hepatitis-a. they say anyone who ate there between june 13th and the 23rd should be vaccinated right away. the vacation nightmare in mexico. katie malone of san diego badly injured during a parasail ride. the boat capsized. the parachute line snapped. she suffered serious injuries falling to the ground. her family struggling to raise money to fly her home for emergency surgery. california lawmakers tonight making arrangements, she is due back in san diego this evening. and president trump posthumously awarding the medal of honor to world war ii veteran garlin conner, presenting it to his widow, pauline. he saved lives by running into enemy fire, calling in artillery fire on about 600 german troops. when we come back here tonight, made in america is back, and the story behind what s inside
death in order to save his battalion and achieve victory for freedom and those people that were with him, many of them now gone, said it was the single bravest act they ve ever seen. he had shellsropped right on him. aim at me, he said. aim at me. well, they missed him by feet. but he kept calling in more rounds, more rounds until the blanket of fire broke the german advance and the enemy retreated, saving so many american lives. lieutenant conner s courageous actions killed roughly 50 german soldiers, injured 100 more and saved so many american lives. they don t even have the count. somehow lieutenant conner survived the attack. less than four months later the